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(c) The Project site is zoned Commercial Park (CP) District and Professional Office (PO). The CP District is intended to "provide a district for large scale office and administrative uses and buildings to promote the development of employment and administrative activities." The Project is consistent with the CP District, which covers most of the Project site. The Project is also consistent with the PO designation, which covers an area of the site used for the extension of Shoreline Drive, a landscaped buffer and part of a parking garage. Furthermore, with a Planned Development Permit (PDP) authorized under Article 46 of the Zoning Ordinance the buildings exceeding 100 feet will be consistent with the e×isting zero'rig (d) The purposes of the PDP process include encouraging flexibility of design and development of land in such manner as to promote its most appropriate use; encouraging the development of innovative projects which incorporate the highest quality architectural solutions, building materials and landscaping concepts; and promoting the most functional and aesthetic relationships between building structures, signs, open space and parking areas. The Project's central theme is to create an informal campus office environment through the placement and massing of buildings and landscaping. It is a high-quality, innovative development consistent with the purposes of the PDP code. (e) The PDP is further appropriate because no building in the Project will exceed 152 feet in height, which is within the height limits provided for in the San Mateo County Airport Land Use Plan. The use of several taller buildings at the locations proposed permits lower rise buildings elsewhere on the office campus without dominating the campus or casting shadows over the campus and open space. These conclusions are supported by the Project Master Plan, Sections IV (Scale Model Photographs) and V (Shadow Analysis), which are hereby incorporated by reference. (f) The Project will minimize impacts on adjacent properties, in particular adjacent residential uses. The location of the ten-story office building avoids dominating the campus or blocking views to the campus. Furthermore, the use of the taller building and the proposed location of the Phase One parking structure virtually eliminate the shadowing of adjacent residential areas that would otherwise have occurred under the existing zoning and height limit. At the residential edge, the campus will have a landscaped buffer area, instead of the previous proposal of surface parking and low rise office buildings. (g) Two parcels (lots 8 and 9) will remain undeveloped, serving as landscaped buffer areas. This will further help to minimize impacts on surrounding properties. (h) The plan for the site improves on the previous envisioned, and which could be approved under the existing zoning without a Planned Development Permit, by moving EAFNDGCC.DOC 7/11/96 9:56 AM